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J. S. COLLINS & E. J. LYONS.

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CLOTHES LIN'E PULLEY.

Patented Sept. 21, 1886.

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JOHN S. COLLINS AND EDMUND J. LYONS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK;

CLOTH ES-LINE PU LLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,482, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed August 26, 1885. Serial No. 175,374. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN S. OoLLINs and EDMUND J. LYoNs, both of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Pulleys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of our improved clothes-line pulleys, the base-plate being shown in section. Fig. '2 is a plan view of the same, the base-plate being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken through the line a: 00, Fig. 1, and showing the base-plate in elevation.

The object of this invention is to provide clothes-line pulleys constructed in such a manner that they can be readily put up and taken down, will hold the line securely, and can be readily operated to. adjust the line in hanging up and taking down clothes.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the clothes-line pulley, as will be hereinafter fully described, and then claimed.

A represents the base-plate,which is secured to the window-casing or other support by screws. In the upper middle part of the baseplate A is formed a slot, 13, having aT-shaped opening at its upper end, and having its inner side recessed along the sides of the slot 13.

O is the pulley-bracket, which has flanges D uponthe side edges of its inner or base end, forming a cross head which can be readily slipped into and out of the groove B of the base-plate A, and which, when in the said groove, will be held securely, and will firmly support the said bracket 0 in ahorizontal position.

The outer end of the bracket Ois forked, as shown in Fig. 2, and in the ends of its branches are formed bearings for the journals of the small pulley E. In the rear of the pulley E is placed a larger pulley, F, the journals of which revolve in short slots G in'the arms of the forked end of the bracket 0. One of the journals of the pulley F projects, and to it is attached a crank, H, by means of which the said pulley F is revolved.

I is the clothes-line, which passes around the larger pulley, F, and its lower strand passes up between the two pulleys, and passes over and rests upon the smaller pulley,'E,while the upper strand of the said line passes over, but does not touch the said smaller pulley. With this construction, by operating the crank H, to turn the pulley F, the lower strand of the line I can be moved from or toward the pulley E, as the clothes are put on or taken off the said lower strand. WVith this construction, also, the weight of the clothes -line I, when no clothes are upon the line, and the weight of the line and clothes when clothes are upon the line, will draw the pulleyF outward, and cause it to clamp the said line against the pulley E, so that the said line will be easily moved by turning the pulley F,

In one edge of the lower part of the baseplate A is formed a transverse slot, J, to receive the shank of the hook K, and in the inner side of the said base-plate,a bove and below the inner end of the slot J are formed recesses to receive the cross-head L, formed upon the end of the said shank. With this construction the hook K can be readily applied to the plate A when the said plate is detached, and will be securely'held in place when the said plate is attached to the window-casing.

The book K is designed to suspend the clothes-pin bag when hanging out and taking down clothes.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentfls- A clothes-line pulley constructed substantially as herein shown and described,and consisting of the base-plate A, having slot B, the

.bracket O, having flanged inner end and forked outer end, and provided with slots G in its branches, the unequal pulleys E F, and the crank H, whereby the clothes-line will be securely held and can be readily adjusted, as

set forth.

JOHN S. COLLINS. EDMUND J. LYONS.

Witnesses:

THOMAS EGAN, JOHN J J OHNSON. 

